# Black Light Energy

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518233
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Black Light Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Johnny Layton  Johnson Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,410
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Johnny Layton  Johnson Jr (0102955) → Black Light Energy LLC (0121071) → Black Light Energy (1518233)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Charles T  Norman et al → T H W Coal Company Inc:** 2000-01-01 through 2000-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Howard  Norman et al → T H W Coal Company Inc:** 2000-01-01 through 2000-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Henry  Chaney Jr → Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc:** 2000-06-01 through 2006-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2006-10-17 through 2009-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Henry  Chaney Jr → Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Co., Inc:** 2009-06-12 through 2011-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David L  Cordill → Black Belt Mining Inc:** 2011-02-16 through 2011-09-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody Dale Puckett → Viper Coal LLC:** 2011-09-13 through 2012-01-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnny Layton  Johnson Jr → Black Light Energy LLC:** 2012-01-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2015-09-21 through 2009-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2019-06-16 through 2009-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518233; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 25
- Interval anomalies: 2
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 48 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 587 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 807 violation rows across the full record; 311 carry an S&S flag and $208,573 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,332 coal dust; 190 coal quartz; 93 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 1K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 158 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 67 contested-violation rows, 67 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 24 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 165 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.1711-2 — Sealing of slope or drift openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-2
- **30 CFR 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.518 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.518
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.336 — Sampling and monitoring requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.336
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 48 rows; 2000-11-02 through 2010-09-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-04-09 through 2014-04-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 782 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2013-05-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 67 rows; 2007-08-07 through 2013-06-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,332 rows; 2000-07-24 through 2011-11-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 24 rows; 2000-03-23 through 2012-06-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 67 rows; 2006-11-29 through 2012-06-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 527 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 117 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2000-01-01 through 2012-01-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 165 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2013-07-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 147 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 93 rows; 2002-09-04 through 2010-03-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 190 rows; 2000-09-26 through 2011-11-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 807 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2013-05-10; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/black-light-energy-1518233`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/black-light-energy-1518233`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518233/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518233/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518233/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`